Russia increased pork and poultry production

29-10-2009 | Home | News

The level of beef production in Russia for the last 9 months fell by 2,6%, compared to the same period last year.

By Evegen Vorotnikov
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Despite the overall increase in the production of pork and poultry this year, the situation in the industry remains difficult, said the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Elena Skrynnik during her recent press conference in the city of Lipetsk.

She also noted that for 9 months of this year the production of livestock and poultry for slaughter totaled 6.3 million tonnes, which is 7% higher than over the same period last year. Such growth was mainly attributed to the increasing production of poultry meat – 13% and pork – 10%. In the 3rd quarter of this year the production of livestock and poultry increased in 66 regions of the country.

“According to our forecasts, before the end of the year the share of meat imports in the total meat volumes will be reduced to 25% compared to 32% in 2008,” said E. Skrynnik.
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“The main goal of the industry is to compensate the decline of meat imports by the domestic production”, Skrynnik added.
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It is expected that by 2012 the share of meat imports in Russia will not exceed 18%.
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